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RE : Mayor and City Council
FROM: James C. Hansz, '. ., Dl*eet r of PublicWorks
SUBJECT: ' .eject Bid — Wastewater Treatment Plant Storage Building
MEETINGDATE: March, 2006
BACKGROUND: The current budget includes funds for construction n of a storage building at the
City's wastewater treatment plant. The project would have constructed as simple 'X � 1, st steel
storage building on a conerete pad. Bids for this project were due February 24, 2006..l ids were received
from Davidson Construction $ . , oo. , Diamond Construction $1. , and fro n .l obert Ross
Building Contractor 1 1, . All bids greatly exceed the funds available.
In December the City awarded a bid for construction of a. larger and more complex steel building
at the City shops. That project priced out at $44.47 per square foot. The low bid from Ross reflects a price
o $78.38 per square foot, an increase of 1 % in two months. Staff believes the current bids do not
reflect reasonablevalue.
RECOMMENDATION: Reject all bids for construction of the wastewater treatment plant storage
building
►.CTION RE QUE ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH 61. MOTION TO REJECT
ALL BIDS' R THE WASTE WA TER TREA TMENTLA. NT S TORA GE B UILDI G.
FISCAL EFFECTS: None.
ALTERNATWES: As suggested by the City Council
Director of Public
Attachment: Bid Recommendation
March 6, 2006 Reject all bids for blast rater 'Freat .ent Plat Buddin .doc
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MEMORANDUM
February 27, 2006
To: Jim Hansz, P.E., Director of Public Works/City Enginqer
From: Frank castles, .E, Assistant city Engineer
Subject: Skowt Maintenance Building
Bid Tabulation
Bids were received and opened at 2:30 pm on February,. 24 for the referenced project. The following is a
list of the bidders and the amount i .
Davidson construction Inc.
P.O. Box 1094
Whitefish, MT 59937
Montana contractor's Registration No. 146008
Date of Qualification to Do Business: January 31,, 2001
Amount Bid: $155f600-:00
Diamond Construction, Inc.
2905 Montana Avenue, Suite 200
Helena., MT 59601
Montana Contractors Registration No. NOT DEED. ON BID FORM
Date of Qualification to Do Busine%: 1992
Amount Bid:$164.,400.00
Robert W. Ross Building Contractor, Inc.
1079 West Idaho
P.O. Box 1121
Kalispell.. rT 59903-1121
Montana contractors Registration No. 1278
Date of Qualification to Do Busine%: January 1.. 1956
Amount Bid: $141,075-00
The low bidder for the recently awarded Street Maintenance Building paced that building at $44.47 per
square f6ot a 60' x ` similar metal building). The low bidder for the referenced building a # x 60'
metal building) priced it a $78.38 per square foot, an increase of 176%.
The budget amount for this building i 90,000_ It is recommended that the bids be rejected;